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. >> jessica doyle is here with the headlines. hello, tiger. >> hello. i'm a tiger. what can i say. we hope it's a tiger day on wall street. i don't know if will really work. we'll talk about the federal reserve. the federal reserve officials are gathering today for a two- day meeting here in d.c. many expect the central bank to announce new steps to revive the sluggish economy. we saw the government report last week. u.s. employers adding fewer than expected jobs in august. the report also showed more people gave up work looking for work last month. they simply just gave up. wall street managed to push higher yesterday despite question marks headed into today's meeting. the dow stands at 13,323, finished 69 points higher. the nasdaq was flat and the s&p 500 was better by about four and a half points. house speaker john boehner says he is not confident congress can reach a budget deal and avoid a downgrading of the u.s. debt rating yet again. moody's investor service says it will likely cut its rating on u.s. government debt by one notch if budget negotiations fail. a record $104 mi
. >> jessica doyle is here with the headlines. hello, tiger. >> hello. i'm a tiger. what can i say. we hope it's a tiger day on wall street. i don't know if will really work. we'll talk about the federal reserve. the federal reserve officials are gathering today for a two- day meeting here in d.c. many expect the central bank to announce new steps to revive the sluggish economy. we saw the government report last week. u.s. employers adding fewer than expected jobs in august. the...
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. >>> i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. it is monday. we will get through it. olga is here with weather first. >>> we're off to a good start. you probably have noticed a little bit of mugginess. humidity is high but we have pretty good conditions. satellite and radar has been quiet. i amtraking a cold front coming our way tomorrow and into wednesday. we're looking good right now in d.c. i'm expecting plenty of sunshine through morning, even midday. i think it's going to be pretty nice as our temperatures squeak out of the 60s, into the 70s by lunch time. it should be a pretty good afternoon. we'll increase our winds. however, breezy later on. 10 to 15 mile per hour winds. watch for increasing cloud cover late in the day. i say 3:00 to 4:00 we become mostly cloudy but before that our temperatures should make it into the upper 80s. upper 70s to near 80 degrees. so definitely going to be a warm one for today. it does look like we'll top out around 79 degrees at reagan national airport. the next three days could seem a little stormy us for, especially tuesday into
. >>> i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. it is monday. we will get through it. olga is here with weather first. >>> we're off to a good start. you probably have noticed a little bit of mugginess. humidity is high but we have pretty good conditions. satellite and radar has been quiet. i amtraking a cold front coming our way tomorrow and into wednesday. we're looking good right now in d.c. i'm expecting plenty of sunshine through morning, even midday. i think it's going to be...
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. >> good morning, jessica doyle. >> wall street had to really overcome a major hurdle yesterday. it was provided by fed ex. the delivery company announced it thinks the global economy is getting worse but we still managed to see some green arrows. the dow stands at 13,564, just a little bit away from its all- time high. it was up by about 12 points. the nasdaq was down by a point and the s&p 500 lost about 2. mgm resorts international is spending millions to try to convince maryland voters to extend a referendum. the company spend about 8.4 million to advertise across the state leading up to november's election. mgm onces to build a new casino in prince george's county in national harbor n. cross-penn national gaming has spent gldz 9.5 million for ads which opposes the expansion. they own the casino north of baltimore in perryville and own a casino in charles town, west virginia just across the maryland boarder. we call that skinning the game. >> spend the money now and save money later. >> a lot of money around. terrible. thanks, jess. >>> a new drug intended to help fight obesi
. >> good morning, jessica doyle. >> wall street had to really overcome a major hurdle yesterday. it was provided by fed ex. the delivery company announced it thinks the global economy is getting worse but we still managed to see some green arrows. the dow stands at 13,564, just a little bit away from its all- time high. it was up by about 12 points. the nasdaq was down by a point and the s&p 500 lost about 2. mgm resorts international is spending millions to try to convince...
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the lovely jessica doyle is here to talk about numbers. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. we're coming off sort of the dead of the day for wall street. it was a mixed day. at least the upside is we weren't down across the board. some stocks were able to overcome downbeat reports on construction spending and manufacturing. and investors have a new crop of economic indicators to look over later today. checking the numbers, the dow stands at 13,036 after dropping 55 points. nasdaq up by 8. s&p 500 was down by 2 points. >>> facebook stock touched an all-time low in trading yesterday. at the same time c.e.o. mark zuckerberg says he's not going to sell stock in his company for at least the next 12 point months. but face -- 12 months. but facebook disclosed rank and file can start selling. >>> today starbucks is selling a deal. you pay $5 for a $10 gift card. you can find the offer right now on living social. this deal is being seen as a vote of confidence for the district-based daily deal site. in the meantime living social's main ri
the lovely jessica doyle is here to talk about numbers. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. we're coming off sort of the dead of the day for wall street. it was a mixed day. at least the upside is we weren't down across the board. some stocks were able to overcome downbeat reports on construction spending and manufacturing. and investors have a new crop of economic indicators to look over later today. checking the numbers, the dow stands at 13,036 after dropping 55 points....